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The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

496 - How Serving in Africa Changed Our Lives Forever | The Power of Simplicity & One Accord

The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

S2S podcast

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.96.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Karl returns from a life-changing mission trip to Kenya — but what started as a service project turned into a soul reset. In this episode, the guys unpack what it really means to live with less, why simplicity brings peace, and how one week of building a school in the mountains revealed what America often distracts us from. From 400 kids with no phones and no complaints, to laying bricks alongside his kids and a 75-year-old volunteer — Karl shares how being on one accord with strangers unlocked more purpose than years of hustle ever could. ✈️ What you'll hear: Why too many options can steal your joy The truth about mission trips: it’s not about what you give How silence, service, and sacrifice create lasting transformation And the surprising leadership lesson from a brick wall 🌍 One trip. One school. One powerful reminder: Peace doesn't come from possessions — it comes from purpose. 👉🏾 Love what you're hearing? Be sure to follow the podcast, leave a 5-star review, and share this episode with someone who's been chasing more — when what they really need is less. 🎥 Want to see the mission in action? Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full visual experience and meet the kids, volunteers, and community that changed Karl’s life: 📺 YouTube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel 🎧 Unlock bonus episodes and behind-the-scenes moments at patreon.com/S2SPodcast120

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0:00.0

Well, and I think there's a move back to simplicity, you know, overall, right?

0:07.0

And you know, you do get, man, you got, you, you, you, the internet, you got your, all your stuff.

0:14.0

Like you said, sometimes, you know, you want to walk in the crib and it's just, you ever feel overwhelmed, it's just too much too much too many options too many things

0:20.9

going on as tvs the computers is laptops you know it's it's it's dishes it's you know you're like

0:27.5

dang it's just stuff and then you see somebody who has none of that who seems to have a higher

0:34.7

quality experience at life yeah and you like yo how you know what I'm

0:39.0

saying like how is that possible because we're taught the exact opposite the more

0:43.2

the more you have the more you have the bigger the house the you know whatever the phones the

0:48.1

computers the laptops the more access you have the you know should equate to and it's like

0:53.8

it don't necessarily work like that The Secret to Success Podcast, baby.

1:25.5

What's going on world?

1:26.7

Welcome to another edition of The Secret to Success Podcast.

1:29.6

I'm your host, CJ, joined as always by the Kenyan sensation.

1:35.6

Not the Kenyan.

1:36.5

Mr. Carl Wesley Phillips.

1:37.9

What's going on, y'all?

1:39.3

I got Douglas in the building.

1:40.6

Douglas was happening.

1:41.8

I don't know.

1:42.2

I just used to that.

1:43.0

It was like the rhythm was off. I'm just the king ministry. Yeah, no, Dr. King is not what is. He'll be back with us shortly. He got a few stories to tell y'all. You know, he got jammed up again. Let me just say that. I'll let him speak for himself. A lot of y'all already deduced it on the Patreon. Shout out to the Patreon film. They, uh, they was like, hold up. Is Mark, Maugh better not be. I said, well, let Maul tell his own story. Because if I do it, then they're going to say I'm bullying them again. know what I'm saying and you know I tend to do

2:17.5

that so I'm lay off it uh but man what's going on y'all how y'all feel it man bless so I ain't gonna lie to y'all I thought I had beat the jet lag yeah but last night we talked yesterday and I was all we good body oh bruh two o'clock this morning I was like all right where we're at what's going on so they hit me today but no we're good way more it's yeah i called you at six it went straight the voice when i say yeah that jet lag hit car i was out i mean it's about two weeks bro yeah it takes no i figured out to beat it i don't never had jet lag no more at all no i try to tell him but i never i told him later it's the warder right? Yeah. I promise you, bro, like, I'm not playing.

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